Table of Contents Naturalist Phone Numbers 1 Park info 5 Pocket GRTE Statistics 6 Reference Timeline 8 Name Origins 10 Mountains 12 Things to Do 19 Hiking Trails 20 Historic Areas 23 Wildlife Viewing 24 Visitor Centers 27 Driving Times 28 Natural History 31 Wildlife Statistics 32 Geology 36 Grand Teton Trees & Flowers 41 National Park Bears 45 revised 12/12 AM Weather, Wind Scale, Metric 46 Phone Numbers Other Emergency Avalanche Forecast 733-2664 Bridger-Teton Nat. Forest 739-5500 Dispatch 739-3301 Caribou-Targhee NF (208) 524-7500 Out of Park 911 Grand Targhee Resort 353-2300 Jackson Chamber of Comm. 733-3316 Recorded Information Jackson Fish Hatchery 733-2510 JH Airport 733-7682 Weather 739-3611 JH Mountain Resort 733-2292 Park Road Conditions 739-3682 Information Line 733-2291 Wyoming Roads 1-888-996-7623 National Elk Refuge 733-9212 511 Post Office – Jackson 733-3650 Park Road Construction 739-3614 Post Office – Moose 733-3336 Backcountry 739-3602 Post Office – Moran 543-2527 Campgrounds 739-3603 Snow King Resort 733-5200 Climbing 739-3604 St. John’s Hospital 733-3636 Elk Reduction 739-3681 Teton Co. Sheriff 733-2331 Information Packets 739-3600 Teton Science Schools 733-4765 Wyoming Game and Fish 733-2321 YELL Visitor Info. (307) 344-7381 Wyoming Highway Patrol 733-3869 YELL Roads (307) 344-2117 WYDOT Road Report 1-888-442-9090 YELL Fill Times (307) 344-2114 YELL Visitor Services 344-2107 YELL South Gate 543-2559 1 3 2 Concessions AMK Ranch 543-2463 Campgrounds - Colter Bay, Gros Ventre, Jenny Lake 543-2811 Campgrounds - Lizard Creek, Signal Mtn. 543-2831 Central Reservations 1-800-443-6931 Climber’s Ranch 733-7271 Dornan’s Pasta & Pizza 733-2415 Spur Ranch 733-2522 Moosely Mountaineering 733-1801 Exum Mountain Guides 733-2297 Grand Teton Lodge Co. 543-2811 1-800-628-9988 Headwaters Lodge & Cabins 543-2861 @ Flagg Ranch 1-800-443-2311 JH Mountain Guides 733-4979 Jackson Lake Medical Clinic 543-2514 Jenny Lake Boating 734-9227 Leek’s Pizzeria 543-2494 Murie Ranch 739-2246 Signal Mountain Lodge 543-2831 1-800-672-6012 Triangle X Ranch 733-2183 Xanterra (Yellowstone) 344-7311 1-866-439-7375 Elevation & Area Moose 6,467 ft Colter Bay 6,800 ft Inspiration Point 7,200 ft Signal Mountain 7,725 ft Flagg Ranch 6,857 ft Jackson 6,209 ft Jackson Lake elev. 6,772 ft Park Depth 430 ft Area (low level) 17,800 ac Information Area (high level) 25,540 ac Jenny Lake elev. 6,783 ft Area 1,191 ac Depth 250 ft GRTE Low Elev. Fish Creek 6,320 ft GRTE High Elev. Grand Teton 13,770 ft Highest Wyoming 13,804 ft Gannett Peak, Wind River Range Highest North America 20,320 ft Mt. McKinley, AK Highest World 29,035 ft Mt. Everest, China-Nepal 5 7 1949 Mount Moran – Named for landscape Government accepts land gift of 32,000 painter Thomas Moran who traveled with acres from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. the 1872 Hayden Expedition. September 14, 1950 Skillet Glacier – Glacier on Mount Moran Jackson Hole National Monument becomes shaped like a frying pan or skillet. part of Grand Teton National Park under President Harry S. Truman Signal Mountain – 1891 Robert Hamilton lost while hunting, searchers lit signal fire August 25, 1972 when body found. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway established. (23,700 acres) Snake River – Lewis and Clark named part of this river after the Shoshone, or Snake August 11, 2007 Indians. Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center opens Teewinot – Shoshone for “many pinnacles”, possibly the Shoshone name for the Teton November 5, 2007 Range. Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve (1,106 acres) becomes part of Grand Teton NP Teton – French-Canadian trappers called the three peaks “les trois tetons”, meaning June 21, 2008 the three breasts. Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Center opens Yellowstone – Indians called this river “Mi- tsi-a-dazi” or Yellow Rock River, according August 25, 2016 to French-Canadian trappers. National Park Service Centennial 9 11 10 12 Rendezvous Peak 10,927 ft Name Origins Rendezvous Mtn. 10,450 ft Blacktail Butte – Originally called Gros Apres Vous Peak 8,426 ft Ventre Butte, named for blacktail deer now known as mule deer. Granite Canyon Colter – John Colter, fur trapper traveled through area winter 1807-08, may have been first white man to enter Jackson Hole. Mount Hunt 10,783 ft Craig Thomas – US Senator from WY, 12 years, who helped fund the NPS. Died prior Open Canyon to opening of CTDVC (1933-2007). Death Canyon – several theories, possibly an 1899 member of Bannon survey party 89, View from Highway Prospector Mtn. 11,241 ft went into canyon and did not return. Gros Ventre (grow vont) – “Big belly” in French, used by trappers in 1800s to Death Canyon describe an Indian tribe. Jenny Lake – Jenny, Shoshone, wife of trapper Richard “Beaver Dick” Leigh. Assisted 1872 Hayden Expedition. Died Albright Peak 10,552 ft from smallpox. 6 8 GRTE Statistics Park History Timeline Grand Teton National Park March 1, 1872 310,000 acres 485 mi2 Yellowstone National Park established under President Ulysses S. Grant. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway 23,700 acres 37 mi2 August 10, 1912 National Elk Refuge established. Facilities Lodging 803 rooms August 25, 1916 Campgrounds 1,200 sites National Park Service created via the Roads 221 miles Organic Act, under President Woodrow Trails 236 miles Wilson GRTE Visitation February 26, 1929 Year Recreation Total Grand Teton National Park established 2003 2,355,693 4,113,403 under President Calvin Coolidge (96,000 2004 2,360,373 4,000,698 acres; mountains and glacial lakes only) 2005 2,463,442 3,907,354 2006 2,406,476 3,841,685 March 15, 1943 2007 2,588,574 3,982,823 Jackson Hole National Monument 2008 2,485,987 3,832,015 established under President Franklin 2009 2,580,081 3,845,839 Delano Roosevelt (188,000 acres in the 2010 2,669,374 4,002,025 sage flats). 2011 2,587,437 3,866,579 Turnout on Highway 89 Turnout one mile south of Moose Junction mile of one Moose south Static Peak 11,303 ft) Grand Teton 13,770 ft Buck Mountain 11,938 ft Teton Glacier Mount Owen 12,928 ft Glacier Gulch Teewinot Mtn. 12,325 ft Avalanche Canyon South Teton 12,514 ft Cloudveil Dome 12,026 ft Cascade Canyon Hanging Canyon Nez Perce 11,901 ft Mount St. John 11,430 ft Garnet Canyon Grand Teton 13,770 ft Rockchuck Peak 11,144 ft Disappointment Peak Mount Woodring 11,590 ft Mount Owen 12,928 ft Mount Moran 12,605 ft Glacier Gulch Paintbrush Canyon Teewinot Mtn. 12,325 ft Moran Canyon Cascade Canyon Eagles Rest Peak 11,258 ft Mount St. John 11,430 ft Mount Moran 12,605 ft Ranger Peak 11,355 ft Langford Waterfalls Canyon Langford Eagles Rest Peak 11,258 ft Ranger Peak 11,355 ft 15 13 Jackson La Bivouac Peak 10,825 ft Snowshoe Canyon ke Lodge Rolling Thunder Mtn. 10,908 ft Eagles Rest Peak 11,258 ft Doane Peak 11,355 ft Things Waterfalls Canyon to Do Ranger Peak 11,355 ft Colter Canyon Owl Peak 10,612 ft Langford Webb Canyon 17 19 20 Hiking Trails mi: Round-trip mileage hr: Estimated time of round-trip hike. ft: Total elevation climbed during hike dif: difficulty (E=easy, M=moderate, S=strenuous) Colter Bay mi hr ft dif Lakeshore 2.0 1 100 E Heron Pond/Swan Lk 3.0 2 200 E Hermitage Point 9.7 5 700 M Cunningham Cabin mi hr ft dif Cunningham Cabin 0.8 1 20 E Death Canyon mi hr ft dif Phelps Lake 2.0 2 430 M Overlook Phelps Lake 4.2 3 1050 MS Static Trail Jct. 7.9 5 2100 S Static Peak Divide 16.3 12 5100 S+ Flagg Ranch mi hr ft dif Polecat Creek Loop 2.5 2 80 E Flagg Canyon 4.0 3 250 E 14 16 Rendezvous Mountain 10,450 ft Rendezvous Peak 10,927 ft Granite Canyon Static Peak 11,303 ft Buck Mountain 11,938 ft Nez Perce 11,901 ft Mount Hunt 10,783 ft Cascade Canyon Open Canyon Teewinot Mtn. 12,325 ft Prospector Mountain 11,241 ft Grand Teton 13,770 ft Death Canyon Storm Point Symmetry Spire 10,546 ft Albright Peak 10,552 ft Hanging Canyon Mount St. John 11,430 ft Rockchuck Peak 11,144 ft Static Peak 11,303 ft Paintbrush Canyon View from Teton Point View from Teton Buck Mountain 11,938 ft Mount Woodring 11,590 ft Mount Wister 11,490 ft) Leigh Canyon The Wall Avalanche Canyon View from Skillet Glacier South Teton 12,514 ft Mount Moran 12,605 ft Cloudveil Dome 12,026 ft Nez Perce 11,901 ft Garnet Canyon Moran Canyon Middle Teton 12,804 ft Historic Areas Granite Canyon mi hr ft dif Bar BC Ranch – on Snake River off the Marion Lake 18.5 12 3000 S+ River Road; 2nd dude ranch in Jackson Hole, 1912; Struthers Burt early conservationist. Jenny / Cascade mi hr ft dif Jenny Lake Loop 7.1 4 450 E Cunningham Cabin – Hwy 89; 1880s Pierce Hidden Falls 5.2 3 450 M Cunningham homestead via shuttle boat: 1.2 1.5 180 M Inspiration Point 6.0 4 700 MS Lucas-Fabian – NW of Teton Glacier TO; via shuttle boat: 2.0 2.5 420 MS Geraldine Lucas homesteader, climbed Forks Cascade Cyn.